₦airaland Forum

slivertongue:
"It is only when the Northerners are in power
that Yoruba people benefit most"

This a confirmation of the existence of a parasitic relationship. This statement is an insult to his kinsmen. so if his kinsmen are in power they wont enjoy? Again this shows that their interest would be to put a northerner in power regardless of the performance of others. Also it means power is for personal benefit and not for the all and sundry

anyway I will not further try to present fact to you...
just ride on ur opinion.
tomorrow is today's product

Kingsolex1:
you have a point but presently we have to see the hidden agenda of the northerners and clip their wings b4 its too late. don't u think soo?
are u kul with Abba kyari referring to osibanjo as coordinator??

I had said earlier that the letter sent to the NASS seeks to demote the office of the VP who assumes the role of acting president in the absence of the president. In practice both the president and VP are managers or coordinators but inserting it into a serious letter is an attempt to downplay the place of the VP in the governance process. the position kyari occupies has no pronounced constitutional mandate and thus shouldnt be heard or seen

Kingsolex1:
anyway I will not further try to present fact to you... just ride on ur opinion. tomorrow is today's product

pls bring on the facts

slivertongue:
I have said earlier that the letter sent to the NASS seeks to demote the office of the VP who assumes the role of acting president in absence of the president. In practice both the president and VP are managers or coordinators but inserting it into a serious letter is an attempt to down the role of the VP in governance process. the position kyari occupies has no pronounced constitutional mandate and thus shouldnt be heard or seen

now we are on the same page....
kyari stupidityy depicts the northern perception of the south.
its time for us to checkmate this clowns.

Kingsolex1:
SENATOR Anthony Adefuye is the Secretary of the Yoruba Unity Forum. In this interview, he spoke on sundry issues affecting the Yoruba within the Nigeria entity. Here is the report:

What is the future of Yoruba Unity Forum with the demise of Mama HID Awolowo who was the rallying point?

It is true we have lost our chairman, but we have not lost Yoruba Unity Forum. We also lost Ooni last year who was the patron of the forum. It shows that we need to appoint new credible and young leaders in Yorubaland who will reign for years. We need young, credible, intelligent, forthright leader.

Your forum loudly complained of marginaliza­tion of the Yoruba by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Yes, I remember during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, we went to him to complain about marginalization of Yoruba. In his appointment, there was no single Yoruba man in the first 25 key positions. We went to him on two occasions to call his attention to the marginalization. He said he was not aware. When we showed him the list, he expressed surprise and promised to set up a committee to look into it and call us back later. For one whole year, he didn’t call us. Again, we went back to him. This time, the answer he gave was shocking. And we made it clear to him that it would be difficult to convince Yoruba to vote for him with the perceived marginalization. That was the reason when we got to the Ibadan Assembly we made a statement that only a bastard Yoruba who would vote for Jonathan, having marginalized us so badly.

Is that why Southwest voted for the presi­dential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari?

It is only when the Northerners are in power that Yoruba people benefit most. They are the only one that have similar culture with Yoruba. They trust us and we trust them. If you trace it from the time of Shagari through Babangida to Abacha, you will find out that Yoruba people were in the limelight. Even during the time of the late Head of State, Murtala Muhammed, Yoruba was the second man. Also, during the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari, Tunde Idiagbon, a Yoruba man, was the second in command. At the time of Sani Abacha, Gen Oladipo Diya was the second man. They always choose Yoruba people when they are there. But when we have Southern Presi­dent Yoruba people suffer. Even when we had our own son, we did suffer. I make bold to say that throughout the eight years of Olusegun Obasanjo, there was no single fed­eral road constructed in the Southwest, not even the one to Ota. Go to Bayelsa today, even where there is water; they have filled it with sand.

How do you manage the mutual suspicion between Southeast and Southwest to be able to speak with one voice in the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assem­bly?

The mutual suspicion between the Ibo and the Yoruba is just in the mind. In the past, we have had such suspicion when they were the two contending powers in the South, but that has changed. Now, we have six zones. Any region which does not cooperate with Yoruba people does so at its own peril. I have not seen any region that does not want to associate with Yoruba. They might be afraid that we are strong and powerful, they still want to associate with us. There might be suspicion; they still want to associate with us.

Are you saying that the Igbo would prefer having alliance with the Southwest rather than the North, it they are confronted with a choice?

Yes, they have always done so. Don’t forget, most of the Ibos live outside their states.

But they have always accused the late Obafemi Awolowo of betraying the Ibo given the role he played in the civil war. How true is that?

I know that when Awolowo went to them to have an alliance, Ojukwu demanded that the meeting must hold in his bunker. Awolowo said no, let’s hold it in Asaba. Ojukwu said no, it must hold in his bunker. The next day, they started calling him Ali Baba and the fugitives. They never allowed him to sit down to discuss. Not quite long after that, they came and bombed Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos. That was where the problem started . During that time, I know how many Ibos I housed. And if you recall, it was only in Yoruba land, including Lagos, that we did not seize their property. There was no issue of returning it to them, we never touched it. At that time, it wasn’t that we did not want to work with them but it was that they wanted to enforce Biafara on us too. No leader will ac­cept that. Let them speak the truth. This was how the thing broke down.

Is that why Awolowo took side with the Federal Government?

He was the vice chairman and commission­er for finance. He was the vice president in our words today. What do you expect him to do? Awolowo was a straight forward man; he was a man of dignity and honour. That time, we only had chairman who we now refer to as president and vice chairman now addressed as vice president.

How would you account for the sudden resurgence of agitation for Biafara?

There was a plan to break Nigeria to pieces. That is why you find agitations in the South-south and the South-east. In the Southeast, you can see that the agitators are new boys re­cruited from outside to lead Biafara. You can see that they (last administration of Jonathan) had even provided the Southwest with outside radio station they opened for Oodua People’s Congress (OPC). What will OPC use external radio for? What was their intention? If that agitation had continued, only God knows what would have happened to the Southwest. What was the purpose of the meeting Jonathan had with OPC? What was the purpose of the parade OPC had in Lagos? They did not carry placard to say vote for Jonathan. They deliberately wanted to liquidate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) so that when the whole agitation starts, we would not be able to fight back. People must investigate for the sake of the future why they wanted to liquidate the CBN. When the agita­tion for Biafara started, it started in the South-south. It didn’t start in the east. If you look at it, there are no notable Ibo leaders there who accepted them.

Why did you fail to achieve consensus on derivation formula at the confab?

People assume 13 percent derivation is being shared equally by the South-south states oil producing communities. The 13 percent is be­ing shared by only four states. Only about one or two percent is being shared by Ondo, Imo, Cross Rivers, and Edo. For instance, while in May 2014 under 13 percent derivation, North­east got only 25 billion, Northwest 34 billion, North Central 24 billion, Southwest 28 billion, Southeast 20 billion, South-South got 76 billion. And somebody is now asking government to increase for South-south. If you are the one in government, will you agree? This was a time when most states could not pay salaries. If you increase this figure by ordinary six percent, Northeast will now get N23 billion, Northwest 32 billion, North Central N22 billion, Southwest 26 billion, and South-South 79 billion. It you increase it above that, revenue for the South-south will continue to increase at the expense of other zones. Don’t forget also that there are other special intervention programmes for the South-south. When you add all these together, you will find out that South-South states are getting 54 percent of the entire resources. This is the condition people said no to increase in derivation.

Would you say Southwest has got what it deserves in this new government of President Muhammadu Buhari?

Compared to what we got during the time of Jonathan, I think we have not done badly. I am sure if Jonathan had returned, he wouldn’t have improved the situation. It looks like it was deliberate. They were trying to annoy us so that we can begin to agitate that we want to go out of

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/why-yoruba-prefer-alliance-with-north-adefuye/

How did this dumbass ninny become a senator? The only place with abandon property is Port Harcourt, River State?

Dedetwo:
How did this dumbass ninny become a senator? The only place with abandon property is Port Harcourt, River State?

I don't know what to say to you seriously..

Kingsolex1:
I don't know what to say to you seriously..

Ask him which other area had issues of abandoned property in Nigeria. In Lagos, only the property of Ojukwu's father (e.g. Villaska Lodge in Ikoyi & high-rise complexes in Apapa) were seized by the federal govt. Ojukwu came back, went to court and got everything back. Other houses and properties owned by other Igbo people in the Southwest, Middle-Belt and old Midwestern region were not taken from them. It was in Rivers State that their Ikwerre brothers took over their houses, after it was declared 'abandoned properties.' . But their propaganda mill, would not let them acknowledge this fact.

laudate:
Ask him which other area had issues of abandoned property in Nigeria. In Lagos, only the property of Ojukwu's father (e.g. Villaska Lodge in Ikoyi & high-rise complexes in Apapa) were seized by the federal govt. Ojukwu came back, went to court and got everything back. Other houses and properties owned by other Igbo people in the Southwest, Middle-Belt and old Midwestern region were not taken from them. It was in Rivers State that their Ikwerre brothers took over their houses, after it was declared 'abandoned properties.' . But their propaganda mill, would not let them acknowledge this fact.

its just pure hate my brother...
its visible even to the blind.

Kingsolex1:
hmm look at you

Look at me for what na?

Lol... alliance them. The north doesn't want to shift for south west again. lmao

Bump-a-little

Aufbauh:
The truth is that apart from the religious intolerance of the hausa-fulani, they are the best allies anyone can have.
Very simple and straightforward people, their words are usually their bonds. They hardly betray your trust and not given to vain blabbing and treachery.
Even when they head any business or institution, their simplicity and generosity reflect downward, that is why i prefer them in leadership positions if they are qualified.

Really?

Aufbauh:
The truth is that apart from the religious intolerance of the hausa-fulani, they are the best allies anyone can have.
Very simple and straightforward people, their words are usually their bonds. They hardly betray your trust and not given to vain blabbing and treachery.
Even when they head any business or institution, their simplicity and generosity reflect downward, that is why i prefer them in leadership positions if they are qualified.

Really?

Well done.... see what my people's alliance has gotten themselves into. I hope this guy isn't one of the those refugees his "allies" have rendered homeless. Sophisticated bastard

Xandelle:
Really?

Really?

I hope they're all still alive and in Nigeria (I heard many are now refugees in Benin republic) to see their foolishness unravel in 3D

The most myopic and selfish people yet claiming sophistication. Spits on their cone heads

Saladin25:
As for me. The Northerners are the best to associate with. I will always pick them ahead of any ethnic/tribe in Nigeria. Look at the leaders that performed well during their time, most of them are from the North. Even our own sonn OBJ never contributed to southwest, his administration was corrupt like Jonathan. The senator made some valid point. If you like abuse him, he just said the truth.

In the last election, the vote from the southwest helped PMB to win GEJ in the presidential election despite the rigging from SS and some part of SE.

As for the Biafran people, if you want to be the leader of this great nation, you need to stop hating Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani people because your population is not up to them and stop supporting people that are corrupt just because they are from your region.

Stop hating Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani.

Hope this Afonja is alive to know who is hating who, would he even believe that without war they would have ran to Benin as refugees. Afonja is an evil thing, two faced bastards

BastardWike:

I hope they're all still alive and in Nigeria (I heard many are now refugees in Benin republic) to see their foolishness unravel in 3D

The most myopic and selfish people yet claiming sophistication. Spits on their cone heads

Easy sir

Xandelle:
Really?
Really?

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/why-yoruba-prefer-alliance-with-north-adefuye/

Most of these old men in politics are demented.

Apawicked:
Stop hating Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani.

Hope this Afonja is alive to know who is hating who, would he even believe that without war they would have ran to Benin as refugees. Afonja is an evil thing, two faced bastards

Please easy. Let's observe decorum.

capitalzero:
Most of these old men in politics are demented.

Let's all observe decorum abeg. Insulting the elders is not right at all.

Apawicked:
Stop hating Yoruba/Hausa-Fulani.

Hope this Afonja is alive to know who is hating who, would he even believe that without war they would have ran to Benin as refugees. Afonja is an evil thing, two faced bastards

No need highlighting on the recent misfortunes.

How time flies. Yar!ba how far?

samdunzo:
Well done.... see what my people's alliance has gotten themselves into. I hope this guy isn't one of the those refugees his "allies" have rendered homeless. Sophisticated bastard

Decorum please. No insults...

Xandelle:
Decorum please. No insults...

Sorry. I am Yoruba but it just pains me that my people have embarrassed themselves like this just for the sake of 2023. Whats the point of being president if our own house is not in order?

samdunzo:
Sorry. I am Yoruba but it just pains me that my people have embarrassed themselves like this just for the sake of 2023. Whats the point of being president if our own house is not in order?

Still, decorum remains the way forward.

This same Adefuye.

I wonder why these red mud kids have their seminal fluids all over the thread.Now the whole thread is wet.Una just pack the matter on top head like gala.If he had said Yorubas prefer alliance with Ebow, y'all would have w.an.ked.Now he said Hausas, why dangle your d!cks again

Chai.